Former NFL player Emmanuel Acho has called Fernando Carmona 'trash' after his deliberate ankle stomp on a defenseless rival.
Furious college football fans took to social media at the weekend to call for Carmona to be banned for life after a shocking piece of foul play in the Arkansas Razorbacks' 39-26 win over Texas Tech in Friday's Liberty Bowl.
Footage caught the moment players from both teams were trying to get back to their feet after a six-yard rush by Braylen Russell with Carmona, a team captain, stood up above the pile.
Texas Tech player CJ Baskerville could be seen lying on the ground, seemingly still down after making a tackle.
It's at that moment that Carmona purposefully stomped on Baskerville's ankle, pushing all of his weight down on to his opponent's leg.
The act prompted furious backlash online with Baskerville and fans calling out Carmona for the disgusting act.
Former NFL player Emmanuel Acho has called Arkansas player Fernando Carmona 'trash'
Acho joined the backlash on social media after his deliberate ankle stomp on CJ Baskerville
And former NFL star Acho, who played for the Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants in his career, has now weighed in.
He posted on X: 'I’m sharing this because #55 (Carmona) is trash for this and deserves public shame. The end.'
It came after a furious Baskerville posted two videos of the incident on X, writing alongside them: 'There’s no denying that Arkansas played a great game last night, I am not taking that away from them.
'But #55 Fernando Carmona blatantly stepping on my ankle and pressing down on it on purpose is straight up dirty.
'Proceeds to say "got your b**** a***." Do better @RazorbackFB.'
In the footage, Baskerville can be seen writhing around on the floor in pain afterwards, although the referees appeared to miss it.
Angry fans took to social media immediately after the incident to call for Carmona Jr. to be banned for life.
One wrote: 'This should be his last game ever. What a loser.'
Baskerville took to social media to condemn Carmona's actions as 'straight up dirty'
Another commented: 'This was absolutely on purpose. You can tell he held his right leg up until he was on top of the other guy's ankle, and then he press down.
'A normal step wouldn't have had that hesitation. He should be kicked off the team and the team should be fined.'
A third posted: 'I hope every NFL scout and coach sees this. What a terrible thing to do.'
'He should be banned from playing football forever!' another commented.
One comment read: 'I mean, to have that even come into our mind to do, let alone actually do it... Wow. Absolutely cut him immediately.'
